fixed error handling and docs

README.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ go get -u gitlab.com/naterciom/gubgub
 
 ## Example
 
-Ignoring errors for code brevity!
+We'll be ignoring errors for code brevity!
 
 ```Go
 package main
@@ -32,22 +32,33 @@ func consumer(msg MyMessage) {
 	fmt.Printf("Hello %s", msg.Name)
 }
 
-func main() {
+func m2ain() {
 	topic := gubgub.NewAsyncTopic[MyMessage]()
-    defer topic.Close() // Returns after all messages are delivered
+	defer topic.Close() // Returns after all messages are delivered
 
-    _ := topic.Subscribe(gubgub.Forever(consumer))
+	_ = topic.Subscribe(gubgub.Forever(consumer))
 
 	// The AsyncTopic doesn't wait for the subscriber to be registered so, for the purposes of this
 	// example, we sleep on it.
 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
 
-	_ := topic.Publish(MyMessage{Name: "John Smith"}) // Returns immediately
+	_ = topic.Publish(MyMessage{Name: "John Smith"}) // Returns immediately
 }
 ```
+
 ## Topics
 
-Topics are what this is all about. You publish to a topic and you subscribe to a topic. That is it.
+Topics are what this is all about. 
+You publish to a topic and you subscribe to a topic.
+That is it.
+
+A `Subscriber` is just a callback func. 
+A message is considered delivered when all subscribers have been called for that message and returned.
+
+If you `Publish` a message successfully (did not get an error) then you can be sure the message will be deliverd before any call to `Close` returns.
+
+Topics are meant to live as long as the application but you should call the `Close` method upon shutdown to fulfill the publishing promise.
+Use the `WithOnClose` option when creating the topic to perform any extra clean up you might need to do if the topic is closed.
 
 GubGub offers 2 kinds of topics:
 

example/main.go

@@ -15,14 +15,28 @@ func main() {
 	topic := gubgub.NewAsyncTopic[string]()
 	defer topic.Close()
 
-	topic.Subscribe(gubgub.Forever(UpperCaser))
+	err := topic.Subscribe(gubgub.Forever(UpperCaser))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 
-	topic.Subscribe(Countdown(3))
+	err = topic.Subscribe(Countdown(3))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 
-	topic.Subscribe(gubgub.Buffered(gubgub.Forever(Slow)))
+	err = topic.Subscribe(gubgub.Buffered(gubgub.Forever(Slow)))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 
 	go func() {
-		for s := range gubgub.Feed(topic, false) {
+		feed, err := gubgub.Feed(topic, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		for s := range feed {
 			log.Printf("ForRange: %s", s)
 		}
 	}()
@@ -35,6 +49,7 @@ func main() {
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
+
 		topic.Publish(scanner.Text())
 	}
 }

feed.go

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package gubgub
 
-import "iter"
+import (
+	"iter"
+)
 
-// Feed allows the usage of for/range to consume future published messages.
+// Feed allows the usage of for/range loop to consume future published messages.
 // The supporting subscriber will eventually be discarded after you exit the for loop.
-func Feed[T any](t Subscribable[T], buffered bool) iter.Seq[T] {
+func Feed[T any](t Subscribable[T], buffered bool) (iter.Seq[T], error) {
 	feed := make(chan T)               // closed by the subscriber
 	unsubscribe := make(chan struct{}) // closed by the iterator
 
@@ -22,7 +24,10 @@ func Feed[T any](t Subscribable[T], buffered bool) iter.Seq[T] {
 		subscriber = Buffered(subscriber)
 	}
 
-	t.Subscribe(subscriber)
+	err := t.Subscribe(subscriber)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	// Iterator
 	return func(yield func(T) bool) {
@@ -33,5 +38,5 @@ func Feed[T any](t Subscribable[T], buffered bool) iter.Seq[T] {
 				return
 			}
 		}
-	}
+	}, nil
 }

feed_test.go

@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ func TestFeed_Topics(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			feed, err := Feed(tc.topic, false)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
 			feedback := make(chan int)
 			go func() {
-				for i := range Feed(tc.topic, false) {
+				for i := range feed {
 					feedback <- i
 				}
 			}()
@@ -58,5 +61,4 @@ func TestFeed_Topics(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		})
 	}
-
 }

wrappers.go

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ func NoOp[T any]() Subscriber[T] {
 // available memory.
 // This is useful if message publishing is surge prone and message processing is slow or
 // unpredictable (for example: subscriber makes network request).
+// IMPORTANT: messages are considered delivered even it they are still in the buffer which means
+// that buffered subscribers are NOT COVERED by the publishing promise.
 // Message average processing rate must still be higher than the average message publishing rate
 // otherwise it will eventually lead to memory issues. You will need to find a better strategy to
 // deal with such scenario.